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Free public service for Texas votersNo candidate endorsementsGuide sources checked October 1, 2026General election November 3, 2026

Scope and limitations

What this Texas guide covers

This guide covers all 18 contests and 47 printed choices decided by every Texas voter. District, county, local, and transaction-level coverage is outside this release.

Included

Published now

  • 47 printed choices in all 18 statewide candidate contests
  • Ten certified statewide write-in candidates listed separately
  • The final ballot certification and statewide sample ballot
  • 43 exact Texas Ethics Commission candidate or officeholder summaries
  • 3 matched U.S. Senate FEC summaries
  • Registration, early voting, mail application, voter ID, Election Day, and ballot return rules
  • The official finding of zero statewide ballot measures
  • Ten statewide judicial elections, including the three Fifteenth Court of Appeals contests
Not included

Outside this release

  • Thirty-eight U.S. House district contests
  • State Board of Education and legislative district contests
  • Regional courts of appeals and trial court contests
  • County, municipal, school, and other local contests and measures
  • Six certified district-level write-in candidates
  • Separate political committees, independent expenditures, and outside spending
  • Transaction-level donor and expenditure analysis
  • Business, lobbying, contract, land, and conflict-record research
Known finance limits

1 finance summary unavailable

  • Brett BusbyNo office-matching July 15, 2026 candidate or officeholder record was located for this certified ballot name in the official Texas Ethics Commission totals file. Missing is not $0.
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Not yet published

District contests, local ballots, and itemized finance

U.S. House, education board, legislative, regional judicial, trial court, county, municipal, school, and other local contests, plus itemized receipts and spending, are not included in this release.

Dataset comparison: Do not compare state datasets as if they use one method. Texas uses candidate or officeholder July Semiannual report totals for state and judicial candidates and FEC authorized-committee summaries for U.S. Senate candidates. Coverage periods differ by filer. Separate PACs and outside spending are not combined.
Version record

Texas guide 1.0

PublishedOctober 1, 2026
Contests shown18
Ballot choices47
Ballot measures0

18 statewide candidate contests, 47 printed choices, 10 statewide write-ins, 43 Texas Ethics Commission summaries, 3 FEC summaries, voter rules, zero statewide ballot measures, 10 statewide judicial elections, and primary sources.

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Texas guide publication record
VersionPublishedScope
1.0October 1, 202618 statewide candidate contests, 47 printed choices, 10 statewide write-ins, 43 Texas Ethics Commission summaries, 3 FEC summaries, voter rules, zero statewide ballot measures, 10 statewide judicial elections, and primary sources.

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